Thursday, May 20, 2010

I know you're concerned about your sister, Kris. I mean, you don't have kids of your own, and live 1000 miles away, but you do talk to her on the phone regularly.

I guess you found out I treat her for headaches. I can't really talk to you directly, due to privacy issues, so please accept this as my answer:

Please DO NOT leave a message on my office voicemail saying that I need to work her up urgently for a brain tumor (you read about them in Reader's Digest) because she's been more forgetful and disorganized since having triplets 3 months ago.

It's not like you've been out here to visit in that time, either.

If you have even one kid someday, you'll understand. And when you do, multiply what it does to you by 3, then call me and Kris back to apologize.

That's one of the challenges in Medicine - to be polite with people when you just want to say, "you're whack." Clearly she means well, but, ugh. That's the exhausting part of practicing: being nice to 1000-mile-away-relatives who have no idea what they're talking about, and other daily equivalents.

If I were Kris, I'd be so pissed at my sister! What do you want to bet she's already brought this up with with Kris. Could you imagine dealing with 3 infants and having to also deal with your hypochondriac sister?!

Welcome to my whining!

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